Guanyin fortune stick

57

Middle stick

Guanyin fortune stick 57: A Child Finds Its Mother

Let talk of right and wrong pass like wind past your ear;
good clothes and good living will come in plenty.
Don't hold on to what happened in years gone by;
what you want and what I want are the same.

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The verdict

Your plans bring joy all round; work hard for the common good, and help comes like a child finding its mother.

What it says to you

Let the gossip blow past. The poem's first line is almost a habit to practice: when people talk about who was right and who was wrong, treat it as wind in your ear. The third line goes further and asks you to drop an old grievance. Hold on to it and it keeps you apart from the very people who could help; let it go and the stick promises something tender, support arriving the way a child runs to its mother. The last line says the wishes on both sides are already the same. So make the first move. Reach out to the person you've been keeping at arm's length.

The story behind the stick

Editions split between two halves of one legend, the filial son Dong Yong and his child Dong Zhong. Dong Yong, one of the Twenty-Four Exemplars of Filial Piety, was so poor that he sold himself into service to pay for his father's burial. A heavenly maiden came down, married him, wove silk to buy back his freedom, and then returned to the sky. Their son Dong Zhong grew up mocked for having no mother. A wise man told him to climb Taibai Mountain on the seventh day of the seventh month, and there he found her. The image line names exactly this moment, a child meeting its mother, and it fits a lot about support arriving where it seemed lost. The help is real but the road there is long, which keeps the grade at middle.

Line by line

1. Talk of right and wrong should pass like wind past the ear. Readers take this as advice to let gossip and accusation go by without answering, since replying only keeps it alive.

2. Good clothes and good living arrive in plenty. Traditionally this is read as a reward for the restraint in the first line, so comfort follows from keeping out of quarrels.

3. Old events from years past should not be held onto. Temple readers usually apply this to a family rift or a falling-out with a former partner, where the grudge itself is the obstacle.

4. Your wish and mine are the same. Readers hear this as the voice of the other party, or of Guanyin, saying the agreement you want is already there once the old grievance is set down.

The original verse

说是说非风过耳
好衣好禄自然丰
君莫记取当年事
汝意还如我意同

Seven characters a line, as printed in the BW Monastery edition.

Sources for the story: masterseanchan.com/guanyin-oracle/lot-57 (edition A: Dong Yong Sells Himself); https://www.51chouqian.com/guanyinlingqian/57.html (Dong Zhong Seeks His Mother); https://www.nongli.com/item5/guanyin/57.html (lists both, plus Ning Qi).

Optional: the temple way

At a temple the stick is not yours until two moon blocks agree: one flat side up and one round side up, a holy cup.

Confirm with the moon blocks

About stick 57

Is Guanyin stick 57 good or bad?

Stick 57, "A Child Finds Its Mother", is a middle stick, a mixed stick, good with conditions. Your plans bring joy all round; work hard for the common good, and help comes like a child finding its mother.

What does Guanyin stick 57 say about love?

The two of you are well matched.

What does Guanyin stick 57 say about money?

Investments go smoothly; business succeeds.

What does Guanyin stick 57 say about work?

Steady and secure.

Draw another stick , or for a straight yes or no, throw the moon blocks

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The verse follows the BW Monastery edition of the Guanyin set; the English rendering and reading are Jade Almanac's own. A drawn stick is a tradition and a prompt for reflection, not advice about health, money or the law.